1. Putting benefits before acting will lead to many complaints.

2. Parents are here and don’t travel far. There must be a way to travel.

3. Don’t talk about things when they are done, don’t admonish when things are done, and let bygones be bygones.

4. When I was fifteen, I was determined to learn; when I was thirty, I stood firm; when I was forty, I was not confused; when I was fifty, I knew the destiny; when I was sixty, I was obedient; at seventy, I followed my heart's desires without exceeding the rules.

5. When quality is better than literature, the country will be wild; when literature is better than quality, history will be achieved. Be gentle and polite, then be a gentleman.

6. If you are not angry, you will not be enlightened, and if you are not angry, you will not be angry. If you take one corner and don't turn it back with three corners, you won't be able to recover.

7. I know things silently, never tire of learning, and never tire of teaching others. What does that mean to me?

8. Those who know are not as good as those who are good at it, and those who are good at it are not as good as those who are happy.

9. A wise man enjoys water, and a benevolent man enjoys mountains. The wise are active, the benevolent are still. The wise are happy, the benevolent live long.

10. The sun knows where one is dead, and the moon does not forget what one can do. It can be said that one is eager to learn.

11. A gentleman's faults are like the eclipses of the sun and the moon: everyone sees them when they make mistakes; everyone respects them when they make mistakes.

12. As a human being, he is so angry that he forgets to eat, he is happy and forgets his worries, and he does not know that old age is coming.

13. If you are an official and you are good at it, you will learn; if you are good at learning, you will be an official.

14. You can become a teacher by reviewing the past and learning the new.

15. Those who are born knowing are superior; those who know only when they learn are inferior; those who are tired and learn are inferior; those who are tired and do not learn are inferior.

16. To know something is to know it, and to know something is not to know it. This is knowledge.

17. If you don’t know destiny, you can’t be a gentleman; if you don’t know etiquette, you can’t stand up; if you don’t know words, you can’t understand people.

18. A gentleman wants to be eloquent in words and quick in deeds.

19. When you see a virtuous person, think about them; when you see a virtuous person, you should reflect on yourself.

20. If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening.

21. A gentleman is likened to righteousness, and a villain is likened to benefit.

22. Eat sparingly, drink water, bend your arms and rest on it, and enjoy it. Being rich and noble without justice is like a floating cloud to me.

23. Zhou’s bad deeds are worse than this. Therefore, if a gentleman lives in the lower class, all the evil in the world will end up there.

24. It is important to know the age of your parents. One is for joy, the other is for fear.

25. A gentleman cherishes virtue, while a villain cherishes earth; a gentleman cherishes punishment, while a villain cherishes favor.

26. If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger.

27. There are three mistakes in serving a gentleman: speaking without mentioning something is called impatience; speaking without speaking about something is called hiding; speaking without seeing the color is called blindness.

28. There are three friends who benefit and three friends who harm. Friends who are straightforward, friends who are forgiving, friends who are well-informed, are beneficial; friends who are friendly are open-minded, friends who are gentle, friends who are sycophantic, are harmed.